Elizabeth Pavez Loriè
Research Scientist in Skin Biology and In vitro modelling at Leibniz Research Institute for Environmental Medicine
Biography
Elizabeth Pavez Loriè has her expertise in skin biology, dermatology and tissue culturing and a passion in using in vitro modeling systems to provide answers to dermatological conditions and disease, linking biology to medicine and vice versa. Her use of models started when she used in vitro models to understand the effects of retinoic acid blocking agents as well as the function of specific cytochromes in the human epidermis and additionally the first steps to use a disease model to study drug related outcomes (6, 7). She then focused on long-term skin equivalents and non-melanoma skin cancer and aging, specifically the impact of the sun on human skin, working in close collaboration with Prof. Petra Boukamp. Her goal is to provide robust and biologically accurate models to investigate the homeostatic state of the skin as well as to understand and provide the clinic with personalized testing long-term models. To do this she would like to continue developing the skin models to meet the needs of the biological/medical questions in hand.
Abstract
Abstract : The use of long-term skin equivalents in research